He is currently an integrated researcher at the Red Internacional Universitaria de la Felicidad at the Universidad de Cadiz (Spain) in the project "Happiness Management, creativity and well-being in the era of Industry 4.0 from the perspective of social sciences and humanities" . He is the coordinating researcher of the Research Project “Perspectives on Happiness. Contributions to Portugal in the World Happiness Report (UN)” (2017-current). He is currently a collaborating researcher at PRAXIS | University of Beira Interior/University of Évora (2019-current). At the CEFi of Universidade Católica Portuguesa, he was an integrated researcher and coordinator of the Applied Philosophy Research Line (2013-2020). He was a collaborating researcher at CinTURS | University of Algarve (2015-2019). He is currently a researcher in the Boecio CLU-2018/152 project at the Universidad de Sevilla.

Currently, he coordinates the Post-Graduation "Positive Leadership and Happiness 5.0" at ISLA in Santarém. He is a professor of Happiness Management at the European Business School of Barcelona (2022-current). He is a professor of Philosophy for Organizations at CECAPFi - Mexico (2022-current). At the Instituto Universitário Atlântica, he teaches Ethics, Happiness and Philosophical Counseling since 2019. He is a professor of Philosophy Applied to Actor at AMA (partnership with Universidade Lusófona) in the Acting for Film and Television course (2016-current). He was a professor of Applied Ethics and Sustainable Happiness at ISEG (2021/2022). He was a professor of Research Methodology I and II at the University of Algarve (2021/2022). He was a professor of History of Applied Philosophy at the Vasco de Quiroga University (2020/2021). He was a professor of Happiness and Well-Being Management at the University of Minho (2022). He was a professor of Methods of Philosophical Counseling at the University of Seville (2007) and at the University of Barcelona (2008).

He currently coordinates the Happy Schools Program (partnership DGAE/Instituto Universitário Atlântica). He is an external expert invited by the Technical Commission 219 - Organizational Well-Being and Happiness (APEE/IPQ). He is an ambassador of the National Plan for Ethics in Sport at the Portuguese Institute of Sports and Youth (2014-current).

He is a member of the Scientific Council of the International Journal of Applied Philosophy – HASER (University of Seville), of the PARTILHAS Magazine (Mineiro Institute of Clinical Philosophy) and of Postmodern Openings (Lumen - Romania).

He received a grant from FCT and FLAD in several actions and projects, notably a collaboration with the University of Memphis (USA).

He was the mentor of the 1st edition of the Philosophy Summit Lisbon/Portugal 2019.

He is the administrator of the PROJECT@ Cabinet - Philosophical Consultancy for People and Organizations.

He holds an European PhD in Moral and Political Philosophy from NOVA University Lisbon, with a doctoral internship at the University of Seville (Research Group "Applied Philosophy"). His thesis was on the theory of happiness in Julián Marías, in a dialogue with Philosophical Consultancy, having created the PROJECT@ method. He studied Philosophical Counseling at the Society for Philosophy in Practice (London). Studied "The Science of Happiness" at the University of California. He studied "Design Thinking" at Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia (Colombia). He studied "Philosophy in Business" at the Université de Paris-Saclay (France).

He has given numerous conferences at national and international congresses, as well as at corporate and municipal events, etc. about happiness, philosophical consulting, happy schools, social responsibility, generosity and World Happiness Reports.

Email: jhdias@uatlantica.pt